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Pro tools: watchlist, network, planner and analytics

Follow prices, keep a dealer network, plan your pickups and see how your business is doing.

The rest of the Pro tools help you follow prices, keep in touch with the people you trade with, plan your pickup days and see how your business is doing. Open them from Pro tools (see Pro tools: bulk listing and managing listings).

Works in:Android appWeb app

Price watch

Follow the price of the materials you trade, and get an alert when a price reaches your target.

  1. Open Pro tools, then Price watch, and select Watch a material.
  2. Choose a material. You see what it is worth near you now.
  3. Optional: under Alert me when the price is, choose above or below and enter a Target per kg (Rs.). Leave it empty for no alert.
  4. Save. The material appears in your list with its current price.
  • Prices are within 25 km of you when your location is set in your profile, and across the country otherwise.
  • Each price says where it comes from: recent deals near you, asking prices near you, or the market price list.
  • You get one alert when the price crosses your target, and at most one alert a day for the same material.
  • You can watch up to 10 materials. To turn off an alert, select Turn off alert. To stop watching, remove the material.

Dealer network

Keep a list of the buyers you trust, with notes only you can see. They hear about your new listings first.

  1. Open Pro tools, then Dealer network.
  2. Under People you have traded with, add the people you want. You can also save a dealer from their profile.
  3. Optional: give each person a label (for example "Copper buyer") and a note. Only you see these.

For each contact you see your deals with them and what they buy. Turn on Tell about new listings to send them your new stock. When you list in bulk or from Manage listings, choose Tell my dealer network or Tell network. Each listing can be shared with your network once a day, so your contacts aren't spammed. Your network can hold up to 100 people.

Removing someone deletes your label and note for them. Your deal history stays.

Pickup planner

All your open pickups by day, so you can plan your route.

  • Each pickup shows its status: Picking a time, Booked, On the way, Arrived or Waiting for confirmation.
  • Times that overlap warns you about pickups booked at the same time.
  • Waiting for your next step lists pickups that need you, for example a time to agree or a weight to confirm.
  • Pickups without an agreed time are listed separately.
  • The planner suggests an order for the day's pickups.

When you accept an offer, the pickup shows up here.

Analytics

How your business is doing, from your completed deals.

  • Choose Sales or Purchases, and a period: 30 days, 90 days or 1 year.
  • See your earnings (or spending), weight, average price and how they changed.
  • What stands out: a short summary of the period.
  • By material: value and weight for each material.
  • Busiest days: deals by weekday.
  • Time to sell: how long your listings take to sell.
  • First offer vs asking price: how first offers compare with your price.
  • Top buyers (or Top sellers) you trade with most.
  • Download the data as a file for your records.